Tender



E. E. HICKEN TENDER May 12, 1931.

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wzzzam a Y i a Reissued May 12, v1931 UNITED STATES ECLMER E. HICKEN, OFCOLLINGSWOOD, NEW JERSEY TENDER original No. 1,734,808, dated November5, 1929, Serial No. 336,167, filed January 30, 192a for reissue filedMarch 25, 1931. Serial N'o. 525,284. 1

One object of my invention is to make the base and end walls of alocomotive tender body in a single casting.

A further object is to make the partitions separating the fuel sectionfrom the water section integral with the base and front walls of thetender.

And a still further object is to make the conveyor trough an integralpart of the frame.

The invention'also relates to certain details described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view of my improved locomotive tender body;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 2-2, Fig. 3;

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view, on the'line 33, Fig. 4;

. Fig. 4 is a sectional view at the front end of the tender body, on theline 44, Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a rear view of the tender body;

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view on the line 66, Fig. 1; and

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional View showing the top cast integralwith the rear end.

The base 1 of the tender body has a longitudinal box-like girder 2extending the full length of the tender body and joining the transverseand beams 3, which are also made in the form of hollow beams. 4-4 arethe front ends of the body, spaced apart to provide access to the fuelsection of the tender body.

In the present instance a space I) is provided for an automatic stokerat the bottom of the fuel section B. The side walls 5 and the end walls6 of the space 6, the trough 24 for the base 1 and extend from the walls5 and 7 a and 7b to the sides of the tender.

The rear end wall 8 is also cast integral with the base. At the upperend of the rear end wall 8 is an integral roof extension 9, in which isa funnel 10 through which water is supplied to the water section A ofthe tender. In the present instance overflow Application pipes 11 arecast integral with the base 1 and roof extension 9.

The base 1 has lateral integral ribs 12 spaced a given distance apart,and on the underside of the base are centre bearings 13 or pads forcentre bearings. The centre bearings rest upon the bearings on thetruck, on

which the tender body is mounted.

I All the parts mentioned above form an integral skeleton frame, towhich the side plates 1414 and roof plate 15 are secured by rivets orother fastening means. The side plates in the present instance extendunder the ribs 12 and under the front and rear ends of the tender bodyas shown and are secured thereto by rivets or by welding. The sideplates are also secured to the reinforcing ribs 5a and to the flangedupper edge of the inclined walls 7a and 7 b.

The roof is made in the present instance of a single plate 15. The plate15 extends over the main portion of the water section A and is securedto the rear end and itsextension and to the side plates 1414, and restsat the front end upon a bracket 16 formed integral with theinclined'rear wall 7-of the section B to which it is secured. I

.- Within the water section A of the tender body are longitudinal dashplates 17 and a transverse dash plate 18. The plates 17 are secured towebs 19, forming part of the casting, and to ribs 20 on the rear endwall 8.

The transverse plate 18 is secured to the longitudinal plates and to theside plates of the tender in the ordinary manner and to a flange on theribs 12 of the base 1. 3

In the present instance the steps 21 2'1a at each end of the tender bodyare cast integral with the body, as well as the deck support 22 at theforward end and the treads 23 at the rear end of the tender.

I claim: v I I V 1.. The combination in a locomotive tender,

:of a cast metalskeleton frame consisting of a base and ends cast as anintegral structure;

and separate side plates secured to said structure. i

2. The combination in a locomotive tender,

.of a cast metal skeleton frame consisting .e a has a wi es isfi w t ebase;

4. The combination in a locomotive tender,

of a cast metal skeletonframe consisting of a base and end members castintegral with the base; sheet metal side plates; and a sheet metal roofplate, said side plates extending undorrtbeibammid thereto andtotheintegral ends of the skeleton frame.

5. The combination in a locomotive tender, of li castmetaiskeletonpframe'consistingof a base having laterally projectingribsspaced' a given distimce apart; two front ends and a-sin gle rear frameforming the ends of the tender ;slieet metal plates forming the sides=oftlie tender body and secured to said ends; said-' platesextending underthe ribs of the base'and secured thereto; and a topplatewveringthewater" section of the tender and'semred totheside'p'lates and to the ends of'the skeleton frame.

65 'ihe combination ina locomotive tender, of wskeleton frame'consistingof a base, ends and partitions separating water section from 'the fuelsection, said parts being cast as amintegral'structure, metallic sideplates extndiiigto both ends of the frame and seemed to said ends and tothe baseand the partitions; and a top. plate secured to said side tesandtothe ends and the partitions ofthe'ske'letonffame.

(Th'vc'ombination in a locomotive tender, ofa'skkdetonframeconsisting ofabase, and end members; said members forming' the "ends orf'thewatersection of the'body, the rear-end er, of a castmetal skeletonframe;and a stoker trough atone end of the frame, cast integral therewith.

14. A* locomotive: tender underframe, including'a stoker conveyor.trough integral therewith.

15; In a d'evi'ce'of' the class described .inan integral underframe,horizontal Wall elements forming-the bottom iof acoalcompartment andspaced from each other, and a trough-shaped member connecting said wallsand depending therefrom;

16; The'combination'in a locomotive-tender, of a cast metal skeletonframe; a stoker trough at one end of the'frameanddnwardly projectingguides for plates, which are-slidebly mounted on said guides, theentire-strum ture being'formed as'anintegr'al castingi 17. Thecombination in a locomotive tend; er, of a castmetalslreletonframe; astoker trough at one end of the frameand acoal crusher element attheforward end of the trough and formedintegral with thetrough andthe'skelet'on frame.

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liaving anintegral roof'section'; and partition lates separating thewatersection from the lsectien', the in lined rear partitionhaving'aPbracketZ 8. Theeombirration-inalocomotive'tender,

qf'a'ca'st metal skeleton frame consisti'ng of a a forward end framecast integral therewith-,, including the partitions which separate/thesection fiomthet tion."

9. The combination'inalocomotive tender,

are castmetal skeleton frame" consisting of .eg of a' cast metal skeltenframe consisting ofa base, a fcmmrd end 'frame inch dingehe v separatingthe fueFsection from water section, anda'rear end frame, the wholeformed in a single casting. I 7

iii T'li'e'combi'nationinarlocomotive tenderyofai castmetalskeieton:frame consisting orfa'liaseya' forward enwaeme inciudingthe

